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SECTION E.—GENERAL COMMERCIAL PROVISIONS Article 32 Freedom of Transit 1. Goods (including baggage), and also vessels and other means of transport, shall be deemed to be in transit across the territory of a Member, when the passage across such territory with or without transshipment, warehousing, breaking bulk, or change in the mode of transport, is only a portion of a complete journey beginning and terminating beyond the frontier of the Member across whose territory the traffic passes. Traffic of this nature is termed in this Article " traffic in transit 2. There shall be freedom of transit through each Member country via the routes most convenient for international transit for traffic in transit to or from other Member countries. No distinction shall be made which is based on the flag of vessels, the place of origin, departure, entry, exit or destination, or on any circumstances relating to the ownership of goods, of vessels or of other means of transport. 3. Any Member may require that traffic in transit through its territory be entered at the proper customs house, but, except in cases of failure to comply with applicable customs laws and regulations, such traffic coming from or going to other Member countries shall not be subject to any unnecessary delays or restrictions and shall be exempt from customs duties and from all transit duties or other charges imposed in respect of transit, except charges for transportation or those commensurate with administrative expenses entailed by transit or with the cost of services rendered. 4. All charges and regulations imposed by Members on traffic in transit to or from other Member countries shall be reasonable, having regard to the conditions of the traffic. 5. With respect to all charges, regulations and formalities in connection with transit, each Member shall accord to traffic in transit, to or from any other Member country treatment no less favourable than the treatment accorded to traffic in transit to or from any third country. 6. Each Member shall accord to products which have been in transit through any other Member country treatment no less favourable than that which would have been accorded to such products had they been transported from their place of origin to their destination without going through such other Member country. Any Member shall, however, be free to maintain its requirements of direct consignment existing on the day of the signature of this Charter, in respect of any goods in